Grass length?

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Grass length?

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OK, this is a new one on me...checking guests in to a villa which has a lawn - only to be told that the grass was too long and she was fearful her small child would trip up.

I thought it was fine, but I have to admit grass isn't on my radar.

I dragged the 'gardener' out to get it mowed and the guest was happy - but what length should it be? Should it always be right to the ground?
The person responsible seemed to think it was fine and thought the guests were being unreasonable...but clearly the guest wasn't impressed, maybe it's because there were toddlers and that makes a difference?
I need to know for future and also because there was a call out charge involved.

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For real? Or this is a beach too sandy, the pool water too wet moment? :lol:

I guess if it was a foot long then maybe an issue but two or three inches, surely not a problem, but then I don't have any small people and know if they are likely to trip over a blade of grass.

Methinks guest is being a bit precious but others will no doubt have other views.
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Marks wrote: Methinks guest is being a bit precious but others will not doubt have other views.
For once (?) I agree with you. I've never heard anything quite as barking mad as that.
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Yip - for real Marks.

It was about an inch and half long to my inexperienced eye.

It seems to have been a season full of precious children :roll:

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Oh gosh don't you just love them!

I had never measured ours with a ruler but in the interests of this thread I have just done so. :lol:

It is due a cut and ranges between 2 and 5" long, so it looks scruffy but it is not a "tripping" hazard.

So between 1 and 2" perhaps 3" is fine I would suggest. If you cut it too short - say below 1", then it will not survive the prolonged dry weather unless you watered it. Of course this will vary from country to country and types of grass. Over 6" I would suggest would make the tripping hazard she suggests, which I suspect bears no resemblance to your actual length. :roll:

I am also assuming that you don't expect your lawn to look like a bowling green or a Wimbledon tennis court.......
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la vache! wrote: For once (?) I agree with you.
I'll take that as a compliment :wink:
Mouse wrote:It was about an inch and half long to my inexperienced eye.
There's a smutty joke there but I'm saying nothing......
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:lol: :lol:

Oh go on...I could do with a laugh!

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Mouse wrote: Mouse (actually laughing at the thought of Nemo on her knees measuring the lawn with a ruler :lol: )
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Thank you Mousie.....all in a days work of catering to our guests every need......or should that be whim....... :lol:
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Marks wrote:For real? Or this is a beach too sandy, the pool water too wet moment? :lol:
It definitely is isn't it? Make this no 21 on the list...... :roll:
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Mouse wrote: It was about an inch and half long
How do you trip over short grass?? :roll: Just how small was the child?? :roll: :)
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greenfrog wrote:
Mouse wrote: It was about an inch and half long
How do you trip over short grass?? :roll: Just how small was the child?? :roll: :)
Fairy sized clearly and just toooo precious..... :roll:
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Nemo wrote:
greenfrog wrote:
Mouse wrote: It was about an inch and half long
How do you trip over short grass?? :roll: Just how small was the child?? :roll: :)
Fairy sized clearly and just toooo precious..... :roll:
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Come on, Mousie, you're winding us all up :!:

Aren't you?????????????? :shock: :lol: :lol:

I've just been outside to see if I can manage to trip over my grass (this is me who frequently trips over things that aren't even there), which is mostly the same length as Nemo's, but in some places (shock! horror!!) it's much longer as we leave bits of our ground wild. AND it's Not Level.

Conclusion: grass is not trippable overable.

Is it full moon :?: :roll:
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French Cricket wrote:this is me who frequently trips over things that aren't even there
So pleased it isn't just me. In September of my first season I tripped over the end of a length of washing line which was lying on the ground and landed face down on my elbows. Broke both of them instantly. Luckily it was near the end of the season.
Or maybe it was the grass that the washing line was lying in that tripped me you :roll:
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Oh LV :shock: I'm shuddering with horror as I read that, not just out of sympathy with you but also because it's exactly the kind of thing I imagine myself doing.

On my first day at school I tripped over an apple core in the playground and broke my arm :roll: :oops:.

The answer is clear. Washing lines and apples must be banned.
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